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=Introduction=
The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in the Philippines began in 1986 in response to the Universal Child Immunization goal The four major strategies include: 1) Sustaining high routine Full Immunized Child (FIC) coverage of at least 90% in all provinces and cities, 2) Sustaining the polio-free country for global certification, 3) Eliminating measles by 2008, 4) Eliminating neonatal tetanus by 2008 <ref>{{cite book | title = Public Health Nursing in the Philippines | publisher = National League of Philippine Government Nurses, Inc. | date = 2007 | ___location = Manila, Philippines | page = 141 | isbn = 978-971-91593-2-2 }}</ref>
 
=Routine Schedule of Immunization=